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Luke 16:8
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Luke 16:8
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8 “The rich man had to admire the dishonest rascal for being so shrewd. And it is true that the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with the world around them than are the children of the light.
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Luke 16:8
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Luke 16:8
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8 “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world(A) are more shrewd(B) in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.(C)
1 Thessalonians 5:5
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1 Thessalonians 5:5
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5 For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night.
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1 Thessalonians 5:5
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1 Thessalonians 5:5
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5 You are all children of the light(A) and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
Ephesians 5:8
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Ephesians 5:8
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8 For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!
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Ephesians 5:8
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Ephesians 5:8
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Proverbs 6:6-8
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Proverbs 6:6-8
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6 Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones.
Learn from their ways and become wise!
7 Though they have no prince
or governor or ruler to make them work,
8 they labor hard all summer,
gathering food for the winter.
Proverbs 6:6-8
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Proverbs 6:6-8
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John 12:36
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John 12:36
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36 Put your trust in the light while there is still time; then you will become children of the light.”
After saying these things, Jesus went away and was hidden from them.
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John 12:36
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John 12:36
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36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.”(A) When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.(B)
Luke 16:10
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Luke 16:10
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10 “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities.
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Luke 16:10
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Luke 16:10
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10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much,(A) and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
Luke 16:4
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Luke 16:4
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4 Ah, I know how to ensure that I’ll have plenty of friends who will give me a home when I am fired.’
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Luke 16:4
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Luke 16:4
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4 I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’
Genesis 3:1
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Genesis 3:1
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The Man and Woman Sin
3 The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”
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Genesis 3:1
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Genesis 3:1
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The Fall
3 Now the serpent(A) was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?(B)”
1 John 3:10
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1 John 3:10
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10 So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers[a] does not belong to God.
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- 3:10 Greek does not love his brother.
1 John 3:10
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1 John 3:10
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10 This is how we know who the children of God(A) are and who the children of the devil(B) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love(C) their brother and sister.(D)
Luke 20:34
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Luke 20:34
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34 Jesus replied, “Marriage is for people here on earth.
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Luke 20:34
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Luke 20:34
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34 Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.
Psalm 17:14
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Psalm 17:14
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14 By the power of your hand, O Lord,
destroy those who look to this world for their reward.
But satisfy the hunger of your treasured ones.
May their children have plenty,
leaving an inheritance for their descendants.
Psalm 17:14
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Psalm 17:14
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2 Samuel 13:3
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2 Samuel 13:3
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3 But Amnon had a very crafty friend—his cousin Jonadab. He was the son of David’s brother Shimea.[a]
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- 13:3 Hebrew Shimeah (also in 13:32), a variant spelling of Shimea; compare 1 Chr 2:13.
2 Samuel 13:3
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2 Samuel 13:3
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3 Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah,(A) David’s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man.
Exodus 1:10
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Exodus 1:10
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10 We must make a plan to keep them from growing even more. If we don’t, and if war breaks out, they will join our enemies and fight against us. Then they will escape from the country.[a]”
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- 1:10 Or will take the country.
Exodus 1:10
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Exodus 1:10
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10 Come, we must deal shrewdly(A) with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.”(B)
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